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Carr's Group (LSE:CARR) Beta : 0.35 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Carr's Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-27), Carr's Group's Beta is 0.35.


Carr's Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carr's Group's Beta can be seen below:

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Carr's Group Beta Chart

Carr's Group Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.48 - - - -

Carr's Group Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 0.60

Competitive Comparison of Carr's Group's Beta

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Carr's Group's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Carr's Group's Beta Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Carr's Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Carr's Group's Beta falls into.



Carr's Group Beta Calculation

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.


Carr's Group  (LSE:CARR) Beta Explanation

Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)


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Carr's Group (LSE:CARR) Business Description

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Old Croft, Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumbria, GBR, CA3 9BA
Carr's Group PLC is a British farm supplies company. The company operates through two segments: Speciality Agriculture and Engineering. The Speciality Agriculture segment derives its revenue from the sale of animal feed blocks and animal health products. The Engineering segment derives its revenue from the provision of engineering services and the design and manufacture of bespoke equipment for use in the nuclear, naval defence, oil and gas, and petrochemical industries and the products include manipulators, robotics, specialist fabrication and precision machining. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Speciality Agriculture segment.